2.9 ▲ +3.6%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.8
- 2016: 2.9
- 2021: 2.9
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Forestville · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Forestville
How families and households are made up across the area.
Larger households are common in Forestville, where the typical home holds 2.9 people. This is much higher than most similar areas, reflecting a community dominated by family living rather than single occupants.
2.9
▲ +3.6%
- 1.5–1.6: 490 areas
- 1.6–1.8: 168 areas
- 1.8–1.9: 642 areas
- 1.9–2.1: 816 areas
- 2.1–2.2: 1854 areas
- 2.2–2.4: 1319 areas
- 2.4–2.5: 2753 areas
- 2.5–2.7: 1349 areas
- 2.7–2.8: 2332 areas
- 2.8–3.0: 805 areas
- 3.0–3.1: 1044 areas
- 3.1–3.3: 289 areas
- 3.3–3.4: 386 areas
- 3.4–3.6: 110 areas
- 3.6–3.7: 85 areas
- 3.7–3.9: 40 areas
- 3.9–4.0: 258 areas
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Forestville — higher than 81% of areas.
| Forestville | 2.9 |
|---|---|
| 2087, NSW | 3.0 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are often crowded, with a quarter of households containing four people. Only 21% of residents live alone, which is well below the New South Wales figure of 25%.
21.0% ▼ -1.9%
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.4%
- 2016: 20.2%
- 2021: 21.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Forestville splits fairly evenly between 4 people (25%) and 2 people (25%), with 1 person at 21%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Family life is central to the area, as 71.5% of families are couples with children. One-parent families make up 9.6% of the total, a figure well below the national average of 14.1%.
9.6% ▼ -1.3%
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.7%
- 2016: 8.9%
- 2021: 9.6%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Forestville, Couples with children is the majority at 72%; Couples without children is next at 18%.
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in Forestville [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11551/forestville/topic/family-households